Ezekiel 1:9

and each of their wings touched the wings of the one next to it. As they moved they didn't turn—they all moved straight in one direction.

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In The King James Version

Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

In Context

8They had human hands under their wings on each of their four sides. The four of them all had faces and wings,

10This what their faces looked like. They had a human face to the front, a lion's face to the right, a bull's face to the left, and lastly an eagle's face.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 3:11The wingspan of the cherubim together was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched one Temple wall, while its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the second cherub.

Ezekiel 1:11These were their faces. Their wings were spread out above them. They all had two wings that touched the wings of the one beside it, as well as two wings that covered its body.

Ezekiel 10:22Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each of them moved directly ahead.

Luke 9:62But Jesus told him, “Nobody once they've started plowing and then looks back is fit for God's kingdom.”

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 1:5-15

Vision of the Four Living Creatures. ( b. c. 595.) 4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. 5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. 6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. 7 And their feet were straight feet; and the… Read the whole commentary →

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